weeds be gone…

This house has some lovely landscaping courtesy of the previous owners, but the weeds were beginning to take over: 

 

There was a little too much as well, like hostas in the sun and some overgrown bushes and trees that needed to go:

a yellowing rhododendron (yes, I did have to look that one up) and azalea

We advertised the hostas (we have tons more in the back) for free on Craigslist if they came and dug them up. They were gone by noon:

And cleared out TONS of weeds…

Spencer got weed warrior of the day award:

Then, we began laying landscape fabric and mulch. We also used layers of newspaper in some areas for a little experiment to see which works better:

and gave rhodo some food~she liked that and began to flower :)

the hostas are loving the shade where they belong:

But there are a few remaining questions:

But…it’s coming along! I have plans for the shutters, the garage door, and the front door though….  

Stay tuned…